The new product will be launched in May for continuously back up active MySQL databases running on Linux-based servers. The company R1Soft announced this  today, becoming the first to offer a near-continuous data protection product for MySQL databases, which generally store transaction-based data that changes frequently.

    David Wartell, R1Soft founder and CEO, stated that: "Legacy backup solutions, such as tape backup or rsync, require server administrators to conduct data back ups at large intervals, such as nightly or weekly. With MySQL databases, the problem is exemplified, because database administrators often have to perform full dumps of the database while it is offline to avoid interrupting constant SQL transactions. We have solved this problem by introducing the first-ever backup solution that provides hands-off, near-continuous data protection for MySQL. In essence, we have shrunk the database backup window to nearly zero."

    The component creates frequent disaster recovery restore points for MySQL databases. It is available as a premium add-on to the company's existing CDP Server for Linux and has the ability to store over 100 recovery points per day. Each recovery point is a complete and consistent point-in-time snapshot of the database, and administrators can revert the database to any stored recovery point via a simple, point-and-click interface.

    David Wartell also added: "Web developers will really benefit from this groundbreaking improvement in data protection for MySQL, especially in the Web 2.0 era where developers cannot afford to lose mission-critical data. Furthermore, enterprises are less likely to embrace MySQL unless certain factors such as efficient data protection can be overcome."

The announcement was made by R1Soft while exhibiting at FOSE 2007, held in Washington DC from March 20 through 22, 2007. The company is located at booth 2642 in the exhibit hall. Righteous Software was founded in 2003. It is a provider of Continuous Data Protection (CDP) software. The company has quickly been recognized by industry leaders as the standard for Linux data protection due to the fact that it offers low cost, scalable and high-performance products.

A complete list of supported Linux distributions, can be found at  http://www.r1soft.com/distros , and for more information about R1Soft, you can visit http://www.r1soft.com .